The Virtual Global Roundtable ‘Democracy 2020: Assessing Constitutional Decay, Breakdown and Renewal Worldwide’ was a truly global event held on 18-26 November, featuring 58 speakers from 5 continents across 9 webinars, and an audience of almost 600 from 54 countries. This announcement post provides some reflections based on the global conversation fostered by the event, a short conference report, and launches two central outputs from the event.

The Peter MacKell Chair on Federalism reminds you that the deadline for the 3rd edition of the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism is February 1, 2021.

The College of Law of the UAEU is pleased to invite you to its International Conference titled Independent Regulatory Agencies and Administrative Governance in Arab Countries. Tuesday & Wednesday (8-9 December 2020) 12:00pm - UAE Time Zone (GMT+4).

The IACL Democracy Roundtable BLOG has just been launched today and can be accessed at www.iacl-democracy-2020.org/blog.

Blog posts for Webinars 1 and 2 are now available.

The British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) invites submissions for its blog on the theme “The regulation of fake news and its enforcement” (click here for BACL blog).

Deadline: 8 January 2021 (earlier submissions encouraged)

Date: Thursday 5 November 6:00 PM (AEST) / 7:00 AM (GMT)

The International Association of Constitutional Law—in association with Trinity Research in Social Sciences and the Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance—will hold the first webinar of the recently formed Research Group on Public Law Responses to Public Health Emergencies.

By Ran HIRSCHL

October 22, 2020 at 2 PM CEST (8 AM EST; 1 PM UK; 11 PM Melbourne) via Zoom.

We are delighted to launch the programme and website for the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Global Roundtable ‘Democracy 2020: Assessing Constitutional Decay, Breakdown, and Renewal Worldwide’…

Deadline to register: September 23, 2020 (JST).

In order to provide a forum for scholarly research into public law responses to COVID-19, this Research Group aims to create a worldwide network of scholars who share interests in particular aspects of public law and their relationship to the protection of public health.

The Winter School is a two-week international postgraduate programme on federalism, regionalism and multi-level governance. Through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, it explores how federalism can contribute to multi-level, integrated and pluralistic decision-making.

Application deadline: 18 October 2020.

The Handbook of Constitutional Law in Greater China aims to provide a comprehensive survey of important issues of constitutional law in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; and critically discuss leading views on these issues.

The conveners encourage submissions from both PhD candidates and young scholars on the topic of “Constitutional Identity: Contemporary Issues and Challenges”. Deadline: 11 January 2021.

Announcing a special seminar on “Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown” by Wojciech Sadurski.

DATE: 10 AUGUST 2020, 12 PM ISRAEL TIME (7 PM SYDNEY TIME, 7 AM EST)

Announcing a discussion of Myriam Hunter-Henin’s book on religious freedom.

DATE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2020, 4PM

The ILS Law College, Pune, are commencing a webinar series to celebrate the birth centenary year of Chief Justice Shri Y.V. Chandrachud.

The SAIFAC (University of Johannesburg) is hosting an online panel discussion on ‘Constitutional Law, the Global South and COVID-19: Comparing Colombia, South Africa and India’

Date:     9 June 2020

Baxter Family Competition on Federalism (2021 edition)

The Baxter Family Competition on Federalism will be returning for its 3rd edition in 2020-2021. This edition’s overall theme is Federalism, Identity and Public Policy in Challenging Times. This broad theme should allow for reflections about the impact of federalism on the current COVID-19 crisis…

On April 30th, 16h-18h (CET), Professor Marcilio FRANCA (Brazil) will deliver a webconference at the Turin University (Italy) on the theme “Il Diritto Costituzionale Brasiliano e le ‘Lezioni Americane’ di Italo Calvino. Leggerezza, Rapidità, Esattezza,Visibilità e Molteplicità nella Costituzione del 1988”.